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Being blessed with good looks is one thing, but bearing a resemblance to Natalie Portman helped Knightley get cast in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) as Queen Padm?'s royal decoy. She really got her breakthrough, however, with a supp watch now
The past two years have been an insane whirlwind of success for Rihanna. In 2004, she was still a teenager who enjoyed participating in beauty pageants and school talent shows in her native Barbados. But a chance encounter with a record producer who watch now
Cheryl Ann Cole (née Tweedy, born 30 June 1983) is a British singer and member of the band Girls Aloud. As part of Girls Aloud and as a featuring artist, Cole has had 21 UK Top Ten singles. watch now
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An actress whose first big screen gig also proved to be her breakthrough, Anne Hathaway became a familiar face to millions of moviegoers thanks to her starring role in Garry Marshall's 2001 hit The Princess Diaries. watch now
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Australian actress Melissa George was born in Perth on August 6, 1976, the second of four children. As a child, she developed an interest in dancing and began studying jazz, tap, ballet, and modern dance at the age of seven. watch now
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Actress Vanessa Hudgens showed a talent for performing so early in life that she was appearing on-stage in musicals by the time she was eight years old. After cutting her teeth in shows like +The Wizard of Oz, +Carousel, and +The Music Man, Hudgens w watch now
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Faheem Rasheed Najm (born September 30, 1985), better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American hip hop, R and B singer-songwriter, rapper, and producer known for his use of auto-tune. He began his career as a rapper in the group Nappy Headz. In watch now
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After being spotted by a La Face record executive at a talent show in his hometown of Atlanta, it took no time for Usher Raymond's career to take off. The 14-year-old auditioned for La Face co-founder L.A. Reid, who signed the gospel choir boy to a r watch now
Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente Scherzinger (also known as Nicole Kea) (born June 29, 1978), is an American singer, dancer, songwriter and occasional actress best known for her work as the lead vocalist for the Pussycat Dolls. watch now
Flo Rida, unsurprisingly a native Floridian, is an MC who toured as a teenager with 2 Live Crew's Fresh Kid Ice and began popping up on high-profile mixtapes by 2006, most notably DJ Khaled's We the Best -- on "Bitch I'm from Dade County," he appeare watch now
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Natalia Siwiec is a well-known model in her homeland of Poland. She has appeared in various magazines and has done work for Axe ads. watch now
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Crystal-eyed Megan Fox was first seen in Holiday in the Sun (2001) as the on-screen rival of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Although that was considered to be her big break, she is most well-known for her parts in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2 watch now
Portman was born Natalie Hershlag in Jerusalem, Israel. Her father, Avner Hershlag, is an Israeli doctor specializing in fertility and reproduction (reproductive endocrinology). Her mother, Shelley Stevens, is an American homemaker who now works as h watch now
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Susan Boyle shocked the world with her singing ability on ITV\'s \"Britain\'s Got Talent.\" When she began to sing \"I Dreamed a Dream\" from \"Les Miserables,\" Susan Boyle instantly won over the hearts of the judges and audience alike. The emotion watch now
For some actors, success just seems to come naturally. In the case of talented stage and screen beauty Kristen Bell. watch now
While landing a guest spot on a hit television series would be a welcome event for most up-and-coming actresses, Jennifer Garner's brief run on Felicity proved especially fortunate for her -- thanks to her appearance on the show. watch now
Kate Garry Hudson (born April 19, 1979) is an American film actress. She came to prominence in 2001 after receiving an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe for her role in the drama Almost Famous, and has since established herself as a Hollywood lead watch now
